This started off so promising. I have visceral memories of the first V/H/S that still creep me out a little. I came by this because I really enjoyed Mark Sander in 7th Day. V/H/S 2 LOOKS great. The first "tape" brought back fond memories of the parent movie...except I couldn't stop wondering why, if the guy couldn't pay for his eye, did he live in such an expensive house all by himself? I buried my suspicions but I should have paid attention to them.
The Safe Haven segment cemented it. A great premise squandered for a lot of needless blood and gore. Well done and good-looking blood and gore, true - but still completely pointless. They missed an awesome opportunity to tread into the true horror of mass suicide for a quickie remake of Alien. You're not even set up for it. It's like an SNL sketch that ends abruptly and kills everything that came before.
The Slumber Party tape almost made me stop watching. The characters were so pretty, unlikable and foul that I was actually glad when they all died. It just meant they wouldn't cut in line in front of me at the supermarket or crash into my car because they were texting.
Watch the first one, for all it's flaws, over again and forget the sequel.
The Safe Haven segment cemented it. A great premise squandered for a lot of needless blood and gore. Well done and good-looking blood and gore, true - but still completely pointless. They missed an awesome opportunity to tread into the true horror of mass suicide for a quickie remake of Alien. You're not even set up for it. It's like an SNL sketch that ends abruptly and kills everything that came before.
The Slumber Party tape almost made me stop watching. The characters were so pretty, unlikable and foul that I was actually glad when they all died. It just meant they wouldn't cut in line in front of me at the supermarket or crash into my car because they were texting.
Watch the first one, for all it's flaws, over again and forget the sequel.